Slowly, he worked his way up with hummable melodies in low budget action films such as Zakhmee, Ravikant Nagaich’s Surakksha and Wardat and the Ramsay brothers’ horror yarns (Saboot). And this led to the song,” recalled Khanna. I told Bhisham, why don’t you try him? During the music session, Bappi played the ‘Chalte Chalte’ tune. And I was impressed by some of the tunes I heard. Bappi had earlier come to Navketan looking for work. “The film director Bhisham Kohli, also Dev Anand’s nephew, was looking for a music director. Amit Khanna, who wrote the lyrics, recounts how Bappi got the film. But the composer made a distinct impression with Chalte Chalte (1976), among his finest scores. Nanha Shikari (1973) was his debut Hindi film. Born in north Bengal’s Jalpaiguri town to musician parents, Alokesh (his original name) trained under guru Samt a Prasad and was hailed as a tabla prodigy at just six. Many of them were sung by Yesudas and Bhupendra. Not many would associate him with songs such as ‘Saiyan bina ghar soona’ (Aangan Ki Kali), ‘Chaar din ki zindagi hai’ (Ek Baar Kaho) or ‘Kisi nazar ko tera’ (Aetbaar). ‘Gao mere mann’ carries the smell of ponds, banana leaves and 19th century Bengal.
‘Shyam rang rangaa re’, where he employed the Bengal percussion instrument khol, has the meditative feel of a Chaitanya kirtan.
In Basu Chatterjee’s Apne Paraye, he surprised critics with his folksy tunes. There was an alternative side to him as well. In 1985, he gave music to 33 movies: 30 Hindi, 2 Bengali, 1 Tamil which means a film released every 12 days! The composer lorded over the charts even when some of the songs were copies of foreign hits and desi classics. In the 1980s, Bappi da, as many called him fondly, provided the score for an eyepopping 230 films. “He was a king in Madras,” director B Subhash told this reporter some years ago. Jeetendra’s Himmatwala, Mawaali, Maq sad and Tohfa were all propelled by these tunes.
They were integral to mind-numbing entertainers whose plots could match Donald Trump’s statements for incredulousness. This song is sung by Sonu Nigam.Bappi Lahiri’s breathless foottappers and Indeevar’s nursery-rhyme lyrics (’Char baar marenge ek baar ginenge’, Mawaali) in Southern productions defined popular film music in the 80’s. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (From "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna") song from the album Best of SEL is released on Aug 2010. Listen to Sonu Nigam Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (From "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna") MP3 song. About Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (From "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna") Song
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